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Toronto Police shoot man on street car - Dundas & Bellwoods Toronto (Original Post)
markparham
Jul 2013
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Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)1. Ya know,...sometimes one shot doesn't do the job...
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)2. A guy with a knife against 5 cops fifteen feet away?
Whose training these idiots? George Zimmerman?
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)3. So I guess they do not carry
tasers? I guess bullets are easier.
Tripper11
(4,338 posts)4. Actually AsahinaKimi.....
A taser officer does show up after the shots were fired and does tase the kid. Me thinks they got this assbackwards.
That said there were big protests in downtown Toronto yesterday and this is not even close to over.
I have a feeling it's going to get real ugly here real soon.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)5. What is the story behind this?
Who was he threatening with a knife?
marble falls
(57,097 posts)6. I think he as afraid of being shot by the cops. Foolish notion.